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Seoul - North Korea fired two short-range missiles into its
eastern waters on Sunday, a South Korean official said, an apparent test fire
that comes just days after the country tested what it called new
precision-guided missiles.

The Defence Ministry official, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, citing department rules, said the missiles were fired from Wonsan
and are presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles.

The official said North Korea fired the missiles without
designating no-sail zones, which the South Korean military views as
provocative. South Korean media quoted officials as saying the projectiles
appeared to be Scud missiles.

North Korea regularly test-fires missiles and artillery,
both to refine its weapons and to express its anger over various developments
in Seoul and Washington. North Korea has in recent days criticised alleged
South Korean artillery firing drills near a disputed maritime boundary in the
Yellow Sea that has been the scene of several bloody skirmishes between the
rival nations in recent years.

The missile displays also come days before the leader of
North Korea's only major ally, Chinese President Xi Jinping, is set to meet
with South Korean President Park Geun-hye. Seoul and Beijing have long pressed
North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions.

North Korea said on Friday that leader Kim Jong Un guided
test launches of a newly developed precision-guided missiles, in a likely
reference to three short-range projectiles South Korean officials say the North
fired a day earlier.

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